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because that is typical washington. hey, let me quickly fire somebody, and make everybody happy and we are all good. no, he is saying that we have a more serious issue here and that is the inability to connect the dots. if you also look at that intelligence report that came out of afghanistan and the inability of americans there to understand what is happening locally on the ground, and we have a much broader issue that we have been dealing with since 9/11 and that the inability to know what is happening on the ground, and also of the weak innocence the hiring of people who can actually study the data and the understanding of what it means. >> i was surprised at how candid they were in the summary, in this report, and when they said, amanda, that they didn't know that al qaeda in the arabian peninsula, in yemen, specifically, had this operational capability, and thought it was aspirational. >> candor is nice. >> but those were some of the shocks that we were warned about and it is out there and everyone should read it.
because that is typical washington. hey, let me quickly fire somebody, and make everybody happy and we are all good. no, he is saying that we have a more serious issue here and that is the inability to connect the dots. if you also look at that intelligence report that came out of afghanistan and the inability of americans there to understand what is happening locally on the ground, and we have a much broader issue that we have been dealing with since 9/11 and that the inability to know what is...
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they can't afford to keep waiting for folks in washington to get this done. >> reporter: city officials estimate that they have received more than $40 million in stimulus funds for projects like this one. >> this is elkhart with the weather. >> reporter: to reconstruct the runway at elkhart municipal airport. >> the asphalt has a design life of 10 years, and concrete for 30 year, so it was needed. >> reporter: this project put 30 people to work for the month and a half long project. back in my hometown, some say that the projects are proof that the stimulus is making a difference, but others including local barber doug schaffer say that if the stimulus has made it here, he and his customers still can't find it. >> i don't see it in my barbershop. if you were to give me $1,000 for telling you ten things that it has done, i can't tell you. i can't list ten things. i am sorry, but i can't. >> reporter: kate bolduan, cnn, goshen, indiana. >> kate, a good report you did going back to the hometown. how did that feel to go back to goshen? >> it was great to go back, because i don't go back oft
they can't afford to keep waiting for folks in washington to get this done. >> reporter: city officials estimate that they have received more than $40 million in stimulus funds for projects like this one. >> this is elkhart with the weather. >> reporter: to reconstruct the runway at elkhart municipal airport. >> the asphalt has a design life of 10 years, and concrete for 30 year, so it was needed. >> reporter: this project put 30 people to work for the month and a...
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in seattle, washington. so, you know, while you were sleeping there's been a disturbing new development in the suicide attack that killed seven cia workers in afghanistan last month. before the attack, the suspected bomber made a tape detailing his motives. we'll have a live report on that in just a minute. >>> also, terrorism on the minds of people here at home, as well. the suspect in that christmas day bombing attempt aboard a northwest airplane had his day in court yesterday. we've got the details on that appearance. and also where we're going now in this case. >>> and then, of course, there is the sound that no driver ever wants to hear. oh. right there. wrecks like this all across the south thanks to a wicked streak of icy, frigid weather. just part of the damage sweeping the country in this deep freeze and we're going to get more on these temperatures because, listen up, folks, they are still going down. it is not over. we're going to bring you the latest from the weather center coming right up. >>> w
in seattle, washington. so, you know, while you were sleeping there's been a disturbing new development in the suicide attack that killed seven cia workers in afghanistan last month. before the attack, the suspected bomber made a tape detailing his motives. we'll have a live report on that in just a minute. >>> also, terrorism on the minds of people here at home, as well. the suspect in that christmas day bombing attempt aboard a northwest airplane had his day in court yesterday. we've...
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the family toured the jefferson memorial and washington monument, on a sunday night. the picture here of the president with sasha, they're just looking at one of thomas jefferson's speeches on the wall of the jefferson memorial. i think he understands that i'm there to document his presidency for history. i think i also have a good sense of his mood and when, you know, when it is time to back off. >> we want to thank the white house photographer pete suza for the great, great pictures. >>> a controversial supreme court ruling is a game changer for american politics. we'll talk about it with our senior legal analyst jeffrey toobin. >>> and after days of despair, one boy's mile wide smile brings hope to haiti and the world. pppp >>> back to haiti in a moment. in a stunning ruling, the u.s. supreme court has overall government limits on campaign spending allowing big business, unions, special interest groups to spend much more freely on federal elections. the 5-4 decision could have an immediate impact on this year's congressional campaigns. let's bring in our senior leg
the family toured the jefferson memorial and washington monument, on a sunday night. the picture here of the president with sasha, they're just looking at one of thomas jefferson's speeches on the wall of the jefferson memorial. i think he understands that i'm there to document his presidency for history. i think i also have a good sense of his mood and when, you know, when it is time to back off. >> we want to thank the white house photographer pete suza for the great, great pictures....
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. >>> president obama returned today from the sunny shores of hawaii to the gloom of washington. no surprise one of his first meetings was with his top counterterrorism aide john brennan. brennan was inescapable on tv this evening defending the approach to the war on terror and offering a bit of a mia culpa very much on message. >> clearly the system didn't work the way it should have. there was no single piece of intelligence, a smoking gun if you will. there is no smoking gun piece of intelligence out there that said he was a terrorist and carry out this attack against that aircraft. we had bits and pieces of information. bits and pieces of information that didn't give us the clarity we needed. what we need to do as an intelligence community and government is bring thoem bits and pieces of information together. the failure within the system was we didn't take that information and connect it to the other bits and pieces of information that came through the intelligence collection system. the system works very, very well every day, but there are instances when for whatever reason
. >>> president obama returned today from the sunny shores of hawaii to the gloom of washington. no surprise one of his first meetings was with his top counterterrorism aide john brennan. brennan was inescapable on tv this evening defending the approach to the war on terror and offering a bit of a mia culpa very much on message. >> clearly the system didn't work the way it should have. there was no single piece of intelligence, a smoking gun if you will. there is no smoking gun...
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it is 18 degrees in washington, 19 in richmond. in the carolinas where they have had eight ichlgs of snow, 26 in charlotte. i mentioned the snow and ice, this storm originated to the west in oklahoma. i want to show you this i report from katie hopkins for a couple of reasons. the ups man in the distance is wearing shorts. katie says she took these pictures from outside her window. she couldn't get out because that car was in the parking lot. so she took the pictures and sent them to ireport.com. one storm, don, 17 states and it is still not done yet. >> best of luck with that. have you seen the pants on the ground thing that everybody has been going nuts about? >> no, i haven't. >> you are about to see it. pants on the ground, you all have heard about it for some way at least at some point, some people say it may be way too much. from politicians to nfl star quarterbacks jeanne moos has had enough of it. >> reporter: a song taken america by the soggy seats four little worlds, pants -- ♪ pants on the ground >> reporter: on. ♪ p
it is 18 degrees in washington, 19 in richmond. in the carolinas where they have had eight ichlgs of snow, 26 in charlotte. i mentioned the snow and ice, this storm originated to the west in oklahoma. i want to show you this i report from katie hopkins for a couple of reasons. the ups man in the distance is wearing shorts. katie says she took these pictures from outside her window. she couldn't get out because that car was in the parking lot. so she took the pictures and sent them to...
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we think sprinkles in the washington, d.c. area. the cold front is coming through, so in addition to the snow, watch for the temperatures to plummet as well. down in the 20s for highs tomorrow. >> all right. we will bundle up. we have nothing to complain about, they are getting seven feet in colorado right now. >> if it calls in the mountains, that's fabulous. >> yeah, for the skiers. >> that's where rob is today. >> yeah, doing lots of research for the weather department. maybe he heard the forecast from jacqui. >>> still ahead, we will talk about a real america kmiracle i. 15 days after the earthquake, a 16-year-old girl pulled from the rubble alive. we will talk about how she was able to stay alive with sanjay gupta. >>> welcome back to the most news in the morning. it's hard to imagine how somebody could be trapped in the rubble of an earthquake for 15 days and live to tell about, but it happened. >> a 16-year-old haitian girl found buried in concrete by a french rescue team yesterday was pulled out alive. let's bring in our med
we think sprinkles in the washington, d.c. area. the cold front is coming through, so in addition to the snow, watch for the temperatures to plummet as well. down in the 20s for highs tomorrow. >> all right. we will bundle up. we have nothing to complain about, they are getting seven feet in colorado right now. >> if it calls in the mountains, that's fabulous. >> yeah, for the skiers. >> that's where rob is today. >> yeah, doing lots of research for the weather...
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supporters and opponents rallying in washington today. they're marking the anniversary of roe versus wade, the supreme court decision that legalized abortion. >>> americans all across the country responded to the devastation in haiti almost immediately, and congress is acting just as quickly. lawmakers passed a bill that will allow you to write off your donation right now. susan lisovicz at the new york stock exchange. usually we'd have to wait until next year. >> reporter: that's right. normal deductions in charitable deductions can be taken for the tax year in which they're made. so this law allows you to deduct haiti donations from your 2009 taxes. let's face it most of us hasn't done those taxes yet. the bill was proposed tuesday, the house passed it wednesday, the senate did the same last night. the white house says president obama will sign it. things to keep in mind, kyra. it applies to donations made between january 12th and february 28th. and those text messages which have been so popular count. for example, the red cross texting
supporters and opponents rallying in washington today. they're marking the anniversary of roe versus wade, the supreme court decision that legalized abortion. >>> americans all across the country responded to the devastation in haiti almost immediately, and congress is acting just as quickly. lawmakers passed a bill that will allow you to write off your donation right now. susan lisovicz at the new york stock exchange. usually we'd have to wait until next year. >> reporter:...
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every hour we're holding washington accountable for passing the biggest spending bill in history. so many people still have no clue what they're actually getting out of it. in 15 minutes, we'll check in with t.j. holmes at our special stimulus desk in atlanta, for a look at some of the 57,000 projects under way and who they're benefiting. >>> the littlest victims of the earthquake in haiti were hoping to find new hope and a new home in the united states. but after arriving in orlando this weekend, bureaucracy and red tape was keeping some orphans from leaving the airport with their adoptive families. here's cnn's martin savidge with that story. >> reporter: what's the best time to start a family? about 1:00 on a monday morning. >> it feels great. >> reporter: at least according to nearly two dozen adoptive parents who spent two days at the sanford airport near orlando waiting for this. >> it's all worth it in the end. all worth it. >> it's exciting. complete. >> complete now. >> absolutely complete. >> reporter: the joy was in stark contrast to earlier when we found katie hansly a
every hour we're holding washington accountable for passing the biggest spending bill in history. so many people still have no clue what they're actually getting out of it. in 15 minutes, we'll check in with t.j. holmes at our special stimulus desk in atlanta, for a look at some of the 57,000 projects under way and who they're benefiting. >>> the littlest victims of the earthquake in haiti were hoping to find new hope and a new home in the united states. but after arriving in orlando...
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it's an illusion that washington or policy makers can control the business cycle. when you have a free market economy, the achilles' heal is that it brings with it fluctuatio fluctuations, especially when there is big shenanigans. >> ditto that. >> we appreciate your thoughts this morning. coming up at 8:00 tonight, campbell brown will show how tuitions are working. >>> and more in depth information is at c cnn.com/stimulus. >>> and rain, ice, and snow, travel delays expected in the northeast as well. jacqui jaris has her eye on this and she is coming up. great. come on in. would you like to see our new police department? yeah, all right. this way. and here it is. completely networked. so, anything happening, suz? she's all good. oh, my gosh. is that my car? [ whirring ] [ female announcer ] the new community. see it. live it. share it. on the human network. cisco. >>> 50 minutes past the hour. you want to know what it's ling to drive in oklahoma this morning? here is a real time look thanks to our affiliate kwtv. later today, more snow. the highs will be 26 degree
it's an illusion that washington or policy makers can control the business cycle. when you have a free market economy, the achilles' heal is that it brings with it fluctuatio fluctuations, especially when there is big shenanigans. >> ditto that. >> we appreciate your thoughts this morning. coming up at 8:00 tonight, campbell brown will show how tuitions are working. >>> and more in depth information is at c cnn.com/stimulus. >>> and rain, ice, and snow, travel...
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it's cold in washington, jack. >> it's cold here, too. >> i know. read the cafferty file. >> global warming, you know. >> do it on a cold night. >> training kids to kill. >> the children were told that images like this awaited them in heaven. here, for example, we are told is a river that symbolizes milk and honey. on its banks, virgins and heavenly creatures. >> we go inside a school where children are brainwashed into becoming suicide bombers. (announcer) we understand. you want time to enjoy the holidays. >>> a chilling discovery on the front lines in pakistan. a taliban training camp where children were shown images of paradise and allegedly taught to be suicide bombers. here's the story from pakistan. >> reporter: wolf, when the pakistani military entered they knew the taliban had a regime of terror but what they found defied their expectations. only a 15-minute drive from a base, the pakistani military says children were being trained to become suicide bombers. after three days of fierce fighting the pakistani military took over this compound.
it's cold in washington, jack. >> it's cold here, too. >> i know. read the cafferty file. >> global warming, you know. >> do it on a cold night. >> training kids to kill. >> the children were told that images like this awaited them in heaven. here, for example, we are told is a river that symbolizes milk and honey. on its banks, virgins and heavenly creatures. >> we go inside a school where children are brainwashed into becoming suicide bombers....
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i talked to hillary shelton yesterday who is the head of the naacp's washington bureau and he said on their report card. for instance, trent lott "f" in terms of the issues the naacp lays out. harry reid, a. lot, you had someone praising senator strom thurmond saying if he would have been president, this country would have been better. apples to oranges. it's a question of context and what someone said. reid's comment were ridiculous in the sense, his whole notion of and also laying out why folks would have voted for obama. now, general colin powell. in 1995 made the exact same comment that, why would people potentially vote for him for president and he said because he was light skinned and, frankly, he talked white. in essence, that's how people actually perceive it. i think as journalists, what we have to say is, wait a minute, let's compare what people say, let's compare in contrast and what is the context. look, their history when it comes to african-americans and the issues are not the same and, frankly, that's one reason why democrats are able to get that pass because of that pa
i talked to hillary shelton yesterday who is the head of the naacp's washington bureau and he said on their report card. for instance, trent lott "f" in terms of the issues the naacp lays out. harry reid, a. lot, you had someone praising senator strom thurmond saying if he would have been president, this country would have been better. apples to oranges. it's a question of context and what someone said. reid's comment were ridiculous in the sense, his whole notion of and also laying...
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that is out of fashion in washington, d.c. it is interesting though that this president has been criticized in the past for being too quick to throw people under the bus. remember luis caldera and he was the president's white house military officer and he approved that photo of air force one flying over manhattan and it did not scare anybody, but scared a few yuppies on the upper west side and they threw him under the bus in a hot minute. this is more complicated, so he should have more time. >> and what about greg craig. >> yes, he pushed hard to close guantanamo and did not succeed, and he is gone. david earlier on air said when you give a statement that strong, you need to follow up with some, and maybe not firing or calling somebody under the carpet and maybe not today, but ready, aim and then fire. >> and the chairman of the republican party michael steele said it is about time, that the president came out strong today. >> well, he did come out strong, but he came out strong against the process. it would be nice to see hi
that is out of fashion in washington, d.c. it is interesting though that this president has been criticized in the past for being too quick to throw people under the bus. remember luis caldera and he was the president's white house military officer and he approved that photo of air force one flying over manhattan and it did not scare anybody, but scared a few yuppies on the upper west side and they threw him under the bus in a hot minute. this is more complicated, so he should have more time....
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jeanne meserve is live in washington this morning. so explain how these new security regulations are going to work, jeanne. >> reporter: for some people it's going to be less onerous. as of now all passengers on flights heading into the united states will be subject to random screening, but those flying in from certain countries will be required to go through enhanced screenings, such as full body patdowns, carry-on bag searches, full-body scanning and explosive detection swabs. this, according to a new security directive issued by the transportation security administration and now in effect. the countries include those that are officially listed by the state department as sponsoring terrorism, those are cuba, iran, sudan and syria. a list of another ten countries of interest was developed by the state department, department of homeland security and intelligence agencies. it includes afghanistan, algeria, iraq, lebanon, libya, nigeria, pakistan, saudi arabia, somalia, and yemen. the directive also gives pilots on inbound flights the d
jeanne meserve is live in washington this morning. so explain how these new security regulations are going to work, jeanne. >> reporter: for some people it's going to be less onerous. as of now all passengers on flights heading into the united states will be subject to random screening, but those flying in from certain countries will be required to go through enhanced screenings, such as full body patdowns, carry-on bag searches, full-body scanning and explosive detection swabs. this,...
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carol costello is live in washington this morning. it's gotten worse over the past year, but we saw senator brown making the rounds yesterday and he seemed to be open to this idea of bipartisanship. >> reporter: he did seem that way. remember, one year and two days ago on inauguration day president obama urged lawmakers to put aside the petty grievances and false promises that have strangled our politics. well, as we all know, that didn't exactly happen. but it just might now. some say that republican win in massachusetts wasn't a complete defeat for president obama and democrats because it may stop what many americans have grown tired of. you know, all that pettiness and immaturity. >> reporter: a victorious republican in traditionally blue massachusetts. yes scott brown resonated by vowing to vote know on the current health care reform bills but also resonated for something else, he said. as former mccain adviser nicolle wallace writes, he allowed voters to like obama. >> then i say, mr. president, i know you like basketball, so tel
carol costello is live in washington this morning. it's gotten worse over the past year, but we saw senator brown making the rounds yesterday and he seemed to be open to this idea of bipartisanship. >> reporter: he did seem that way. remember, one year and two days ago on inauguration day president obama urged lawmakers to put aside the petty grievances and false promises that have strangled our politics. well, as we all know, that didn't exactly happen. but it just might now. some say...
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washington has two rules when you come in office. one rule is don't work back and number two is work across the aisle. president obama spent the whole year trying to work across the aisles with the republicans who had no intention of working together. the washington consensus is always wrong. when people learn that, they have been successful. president reagan did not buy into it from the day he got there. and i don't think the democratic congressional candidates has no idea, but the president has to explain to the country how the country got in the possession it's in, and how he has a plan. >> we know technically, the spending was out of control with bush. >> he was basically trying to do the same thing he is today with the stimulated budget. i think at the end of the day, people today are concerned about the leadership of the president and the congress. can they direct the country in a different place. i think that's the key thing here. if you want to talk about the past, democrats are now starting their fourth year in charge of the
washington has two rules when you come in office. one rule is don't work back and number two is work across the aisle. president obama spent the whole year trying to work across the aisles with the republicans who had no intention of working together. the washington consensus is always wrong. when people learn that, they have been successful. president reagan did not buy into it from the day he got there. and i don't think the democratic congressional candidates has no idea, but the president...
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a nationwide contingent to help open doors to washington's elite. that's harry reid celebrating the health care bill, and who is that standing next to him? loretta johnson. the only non-senator to speak that night. she is warmly welcomed by lawmakers and she is a lobbyists, and she is backed by a powerful union, and that means something. johnson says she has met with -- >> at least half of the congressman and half of the senators. >> people who represent various interests in our society have a lot of information to share. we find useful the information that is provided. >> critics are not surprised by the union's access to lawmakers. but they are surprised to the union's access to president obama, a president that made a big deal about not working with lobbyists. but the visitor logs show union boss and andrew stern visited the white house 22 times. and although the union is lobbying for health care reform, stern is not, because he is not a registered lobbyists, and he deregistered in 2007. they say that's a violation of the lobbying disclosure act.
a nationwide contingent to help open doors to washington's elite. that's harry reid celebrating the health care bill, and who is that standing next to him? loretta johnson. the only non-senator to speak that night. she is warmly welcomed by lawmakers and she is a lobbyists, and she is backed by a powerful union, and that means something. johnson says she has met with -- >> at least half of the congressman and half of the senators. >> people who represent various interests in our...
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washington in new hampshire. the photo he was taken by meteorologist brian clark who mans the observatory up there, 365 days a year. it is the tallest mountain in the northeast, some 6200 feet up. also the highest recorded wind speed in the united states. what a sight and what extreme weather up on mt. washington. >> just gorgeous to look at. >>> in a few hours president obama will address the nation hours after the white house will release a declassified account of the missteps that allowed a nigerian man to board a christmas day flight to detroit determined to blow that flight up. umar farouk abdulmutallab has been indicted by a grand jury in michigan. deborah feyerick has more. >> reporter: the grand jury hand out, abdulmutallab expected to be arraigned in federal court tomorrow. among the charges? he used a weapon of mass destruction in an attempt to blow up a u.s. jetliner, also attempted murder of some 290 people who are on board of plane at the time he detonated the device. new and significant in the indic
washington in new hampshire. the photo he was taken by meteorologist brian clark who mans the observatory up there, 365 days a year. it is the tallest mountain in the northeast, some 6200 feet up. also the highest recorded wind speed in the united states. what a sight and what extreme weather up on mt. washington. >> just gorgeous to look at. >>> in a few hours president obama will address the nation hours after the white house will release a declassified account of the missteps...
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suzanne malveaux is live in washington on our security watch this morning. good morning, suzanne. >> reporter: the president is under a lot of pressure to show he's addressing the security failures seriously. a senior administration official who i spoke with said that when the president met with a security team in the situation room he said it was averted by brave people, not because the system worked. he said it's not acceptable. he said there's also going to be a tendency for people to fingerpoint. he says he's not tolerating that, that there is plenty of blame to go around. the president left no doubt. the government knew everything it needed to stop the attempted terror attack. but did not do its job. >> the u.s. government had sufficient information to have uncovered this plot and potentially disrupt the christmas day attack. but our intelligence community failed to connect those dots. that's not acceptable and i will not tolerate it. >> reporter: the president, even more direct behind closed doors, calling it a screwup and telling top security official
suzanne malveaux is live in washington on our security watch this morning. good morning, suzanne. >> reporter: the president is under a lot of pressure to show he's addressing the security failures seriously. a senior administration official who i spoke with said that when the president met with a security team in the situation room he said it was averted by brave people, not because the system worked. he said it's not acceptable. he said there's also going to be a tendency for people to...
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that's the nature of politics here in washington. that's what they do, they sell. >> and we hold our nose and buy it. >> we'll observe and we'll study, and try to keep them as honest as we can. >> and report back. >> i'm getting dizzy from all these proposals. >>> let. >>> we have a team of journalists working on our stimulus desk, right now tracking what happened to the money and whether it actually created jobs as promised. many people are skeptical as you know. a cnn opinion research corporation poll taken this moan show the majority of americans oppose this stimulus package. this helps explain why, only about a third of those surveyed believe it mostly benefited the economy. 63% think the stimulus package mostly funded political projects that had no impact on the economy. let's bring in our senior political analyst gloria borger and david geringening. gloria, other presidents have dealt with political setbacks like this. is this administration based on what you're hearing looking at previous examples what they can do learning fro
that's the nature of politics here in washington. that's what they do, they sell. >> and we hold our nose and buy it. >> we'll observe and we'll study, and try to keep them as honest as we can. >> and report back. >> i'm getting dizzy from all these proposals. >>> let. >>> we have a team of journalists working on our stimulus desk, right now tracking what happened to the money and whether it actually created jobs as promised. many people are skeptical...
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she is off to washington to watch her friend make history, knowing it won't change greenwood's past, but maybe its future. >> i never thought i would be able to see this day, so i just need to be there. don't want to be nowhere near the front. i just warrant to be there. it means everything to me. because i want to be treated as a person, not because i'm edith childs and a black, but because i'm a person. >> reporter: john king, cnn, greenwood, south carolina. >>> on our next hour, john takes us to new mexico, where military students could get marches orders to afghanistan. 5:00 p.m. eastern right here in "the situation room." >>> well, rush limbaugh is getting ready to hold a press conference at a hawaiian hospital. that's where he was admitted after experiencing chest pains. we'll bring you the news as soon as we have it. also the deadline has passed, but talks between two media giants are still going on, at least for now. we'll update you on the battle royale that has you swearing off programs, whether you want to or not. >>> the young nigerian suspect, officials say he may have b
she is off to washington to watch her friend make history, knowing it won't change greenwood's past, but maybe its future. >> i never thought i would be able to see this day, so i just need to be there. don't want to be nowhere near the front. i just warrant to be there. it means everything to me. because i want to be treated as a person, not because i'm edith childs and a black, but because i'm a person. >> reporter: john king, cnn, greenwood, south carolina. >>> on our...
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jeanne meserve is live in washington this morning. a letter that was written by and obtained from the tsa has some people now questioning the honesty of this program that some people were concerned about when it comes to privacy. >> reporter: this document set out the guidelines that manufacturers had to use to make the machines, and a privacy group says the government has misled the public about what the imaging machines can do. the images produced by whole body scanners don't leave much to the imagination. but the transportation security administration has said repeatedly, even on its own website, your privacy will be protected. >> the system has no way to save, transmit or print the image. >> reporter: a 2008 press release says the machines have zero storage capability, but a tsa document written just three months earlier spelling out requirements for potential manufacturers said the machines had to have the capability to capture images of nonpassengers for training and evaluation purposes. the procurement document was recently obt
jeanne meserve is live in washington this morning. a letter that was written by and obtained from the tsa has some people now questioning the honesty of this program that some people were concerned about when it comes to privacy. >> reporter: this document set out the guidelines that manufacturers had to use to make the machines, and a privacy group says the government has misled the public about what the imaging machines can do. the images produced by whole body scanners don't leave much...
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he joins us now from washington. congressman, great to have you this morning. do you agree with the president that congress should wait for scott brown to be seated before taking any action on health care? >> oh, that i do. i think we should respect the results in massachusetts but we also should acknowledge that it's a reflection to some degree that we haven't done this job very well. we have the unholy trinity at this point, we have republicans who say they don't want to do anything at all. you have the independents who are genuinely confused about what it is we're doing, and then you have progreassive supporter like myself who feel that the things we've been talking about like the public option have been cast aside. we have a mess now so we need to hit the reset button. >> you suggested yesterday in somewhat colorful terms i might add that the democrats have misread the citizenry, particularly on health care, that you just can't keep passing legislation with this idea that, okay, if we pass it enough, people are eventually going to get it. let's listen to th
he joins us now from washington. congressman, great to have you this morning. do you agree with the president that congress should wait for scott brown to be seated before taking any action on health care? >> oh, that i do. i think we should respect the results in massachusetts but we also should acknowledge that it's a reflection to some degree that we haven't done this job very well. we have the unholy trinity at this point, we have republicans who say they don't want to do anything at...
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carol costello is live in washington this morning with a look. good morning, carol. >> reporter: the economy is a complicated thing. i know what you're thinking, jobs available in manufacturing? get real. well i'm not talking about making widgets, those assembly line jobs have gone away but skilled labor like welding, engineering, electrical work or plumbing or something else. right now even in this terrible economy, employers are desperately seeking people who use their brains to make or fix something with their hands. the problem? america's just not into that anymore. >> reporter: in the '80s movie "flashdance," alexandra owens can't wait to leave blue collar work behind. it wasn't long before she said good-bye welding torch, hello, fame. yeah, it's olds fiction but it neatly sums up where we are today. kim graduated from the university of miami with a degree in public relations in 2008. she has yet to find a job. even though she's struggling economically, the thought of taking this time to learn a trade is incomprehensible. is there some kind
carol costello is live in washington this morning with a look. good morning, carol. >> reporter: the economy is a complicated thing. i know what you're thinking, jobs available in manufacturing? get real. well i'm not talking about making widgets, those assembly line jobs have gone away but skilled labor like welding, engineering, electrical work or plumbing or something else. right now even in this terrible economy, employers are desperately seeking people who use their brains to make or...
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randi, joe. >> jill dougherty in washington. right now millions of air travelers on the move must deal with the confusion of new and frustrating rules. but as our paula hancocks tells us, one of the world's safest airlines is relying on its people and profiling to keep the skies safe. and it's not worried about being pc. >> reporter: it's considered one of the safest airports in the world. israel's ben gurion has much of the latest technology and sophisticated machinery. american security officials came a few years ago to watch and learn. but in israel, there is also a human element. almost every passenger is questioned, sometimes by more than one security officer, some are strip searched. and no matter how distasteful it may be to civil liberties groups, israel actively profiles passengers and makes no apology for it. >> good profiling is distinction. it's not a discrimination. and i think that you should profile. if you don't profile, you waste -- you waste time, you waste money, and you might miss what you're looking for beca
randi, joe. >> jill dougherty in washington. right now millions of air travelers on the move must deal with the confusion of new and frustrating rules. but as our paula hancocks tells us, one of the world's safest airlines is relying on its people and profiling to keep the skies safe. and it's not worried about being pc. >> reporter: it's considered one of the safest airports in the world. israel's ben gurion has much of the latest technology and sophisticated machinery. american...
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he's in washington in "the situation room" taking a closer look. what do you see? >> wolf, the fact is that the stimulus really hasn't done all that much too create new jobs. the vast bulk of the recovery act spending so far simply isn't going into jobs programs. the majority of the billions paid out in the first 11 months of the stimulus plan has gone for tack relief and for medicaid expenditures. some of the jobs created, well, they're not putting a dent in the unemployment rate, because many of the people hired have little problem finding work. >> take a big breath in and hold it. dr. suzanne walker could easily find a higher paid job, but she chooses to serve the underserved at this nonprofit health clinic in queens new york, which is expanding thanks for federal stimulus funding. >> our network is still hiring, looking for very good people, people dedicated to providing good health care. >> reporter: like suzanne, the new employees could also likely find work elsewhere, since health care is largely recession-proof. that means recovery act funding for medicaid
he's in washington in "the situation room" taking a closer look. what do you see? >> wolf, the fact is that the stimulus really hasn't done all that much too create new jobs. the vast bulk of the recovery act spending so far simply isn't going into jobs programs. the majority of the billions paid out in the first 11 months of the stimulus plan has gone for tack relief and for medicaid expenditures. some of the jobs created, well, they're not putting a dent in the unemployment...
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>> in washington? >> the point is that republicans want to make hay with this. they say harry reid as down double digits in nevada. he's a vulnerable democrat. why not cause more controversy for him? unlike trent lott, republicans turned on trent lott. remember that. and president bush did not support trent lott. who was the first person out there supporting harry reid? barack obama. there has not been one democrat in the senate who says the guy ought to resign. this is diversionary. can't blame steele for doing it. >> there is a real issue in american identity politics and that's how do you maintain what's special about your particular background or heritage if you're a woman, if you're hispanic, black, irish-catholic. how do you maintain what's special and different while integrating yourself into the larger whole? the more unique you try to become, the more separate you sometimes get. that's a tough balance to achieve. i think that's all senator reid was talking about. it's a reality in politics. >> is there something else reid needs to do or is it over with
>> in washington? >> the point is that republicans want to make hay with this. they say harry reid as down double digits in nevada. he's a vulnerable democrat. why not cause more controversy for him? unlike trent lott, republicans turned on trent lott. remember that. and president bush did not support trent lott. who was the first person out there supporting harry reid? barack obama. there has not been one democrat in the senate who says the guy ought to resign. this is...